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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday: Marching Orders - Take 2

First thing's first for this week's Twinsie Tuesday post: We've got some brand new ladies joining our group--Amber, Heather and Róisín--so I want to give a big TT welcome to our newest Twinsies! :) I do hope you'll stop by their blogs and get to know these fabulous bloggers better, if you don't know them already!This week's Twinsie Tuesday theme is a favorite of ours and one we've done before: Marching Orders! For this theme, we are randomly paired up with another Twinsie and we assign each other a mani challenge. It can be anything, from a specific design to a general inspiration, so it's a lot of fun since you never know what you're going to get!For this go-around of Marching Orders, I was paired with the fabulous Maribeth of Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite!, who tasked me with doing a mani inspired by a food. I thought a fruit mani would be a fun idea to try out, so I did some looking around and came across this apple-inspired mani tutorial, which I used as my guide.

I'm extremely proud of how this turned out! I did this mani freehand, using a dotting tool for details like the stem, leaf and seeds. (Originally, I thought the seeds were supposed to be little cutesy cartoon eyes for the apple and didn't realize they were actually seeds until I was about halfway through this mani. *rolls eyes* I was having a blonde moment.) It was a lot of fun to do and wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be! Here's a complete list of all the polishes I used for this mani, in case you're curious: OPI My Vampire Is Buff (base), Orly Green Apple (green part of apple--naturally), Lime Crime Crema de Limon (yellow part of apple), Illamasqua Scorch (shiny spot), OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys (apple stem and seeds), Sinful Colors Exotic Green (apple leaf)Be sure to take a look at what all of my Twinsies are up to this week as well!